Metallic vehicle-wheel.



AL PUTNAM. METALLIC VEHICLE WHEEL.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.2I, I9I6.

Lz Patented Feb.12,1918.

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4 plenien'taryV rim sections .A andy-B,A which l meet in the central plane of thevvheel and @j editora 'i maypm'ggggma, Y i 3i known that il, ALBEN L,

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,niente-nrs, @assiettes iro- :f: r oentrranr, or nnfrnorr, ruronreani, .e consonne-ione 1 V ritorniamo, remords-,weinen itizenyo'i'the United, States of imei-ien, re# `at Detroit, in tlie countyof Wayne and', otateof Michigan, have inventedgeer tain' new and useful improvements inzli/le'tai. .IGVehicIe-WheeIS, o-.vvhich the following 'a novel Construction .mountingthe tire'npon'; the rim it necessary to engage the rim sections there. 'witliiir'om oppositesides and then bolt the` Reference being had there' 1n tothe accompanying drawings.4 f

Wheels-and has particular Vreference lrst, to., i Y of 'demountable rirgni second, to the means ,for securing saidLri'm to the .bodylof the Wheel; andthird,` to the novel onstruction of thewheel vbody-v v inthe drawings:

` Figure lis a central section through the I are .provided with inwardlyextending 11a-migas@ detachably', secured to each othery by Cillplgfbolts, D414 'r'lm i1s provided. withV an outward1y-extend. ing Harige E, which is'suitably fashionedto form a 'seat for the tire case.- riFnus in is only i ganges C together.

The disk J is also 4For riountirigthe demountable rim upon the body of' the .vvheelthe latter is provided a portion G thereof rim isfurther provided vvith' an outwardly- 'extending portion .H beyond the portion G and a Haring portion l beyond the portion H, said flaring portion forming a seat for one edge of the demountable rim. The rim F is preferably formed integrai with the central portion ofthe Wheel, which as shown comprises a dished metallic disk J. K is a hub at the center of the disk, which may be formed integrai therewith, but of a heavier gage, so as to provide the necessary strengtha preferably of tapering gage, being thickest at the center and gradn ualy tapering toward the peripheryo M is an annular iiange for securing the demounty epeeoatinnoinetcers ,"nppiieatonilled .august Porres-1u, a.

The'.invention` relates. to metallie vehicle.-

'body 'portionv formed Each section of the.

` outwardlyextending portion isle. senat no, able rim,- said iiange hnviiv an. inwardlyc'lamped tothe disk" which has an` outwardlyentending portion corresponding to the portion- H of thel Hang@ AFand a daring th e :flaring portion I. 'This "orinsa-seatfor the opposite edge ot' the the Bange iid is secured by the bolts-0 the demountable rimeV portion P corresponding Ato' @paring portion demountable rim and when "1f A wheel, Comprising a hab portimina bodyportion in the "form o a `,disk ured portiong-tor one edge of al demo'untabie rim.

y and a centralrecess, and an annular niemk berdetaeh'ably engaging said body portion, T e demountfable rnn Winch' forms one for'mnga seat for said demountabie rim on thevopposite sideo said centrai recess.

2. A Wheel, comprising` a heb portion, a of a dis-lr seeuredto said hub, a rim formed integg al with said bodyportion, comprising a laterally-extendextending' portion: N vwhich is detachabnly' l ody bl bolts 0, and

lng portion, an outwardly-extending portion` and a flaring portion, the iatter forming a seat fora demountable rirn, and an annular member detachably engaging said body portion, providlng an outWardy-extendmg p0rtion and a flaring portion,

ing al seat for the opposite mountable rim.v

3; A vehicle Wheel, comprising a hub porthe latter tormside of said detion, a body portion in the form of a disk extending outward. from one end of said hub, a run at the outer end o ir' said body portion, comprising a laterally-extending por- V'tionfan outvvardiy-entending portion and a flaring portion, a detachable member secured to said body portion and having an portion, and a demountable rim, comprising complementary sections engageable with the tire from opposite sides thereof, being provided With inwardly-extendingHangers and clamping means therefor, said flanges and and a flaring clamping means engaging a space between the outwardly-extending portions of the rim and said Haring portions forming seats for said demountable rim.

lin testimonyvvhereof I ax my signature.

ALBEN L, PUTNIMM 

